Using the backdrop of such far-flung places as the west coast of South Africa, the Highlands of Scotland, and the Eiffel Tower, the author introduces the reader to three people who entered and exited his life over twelve years: a gigantic Zulu he befriended during military training, a six-year-old African war orphan he sponsored in memory of that friend, and a twenty-four-year-old woman he met in Scotland. Follow the gripping and moving story of one man's search for God as well as his personal reflections on finding answers to the mysterious. Some say God moves in mysterious ways, but what the author reveals in this book is that God moves-period

Born on the small Greek island of Melos, Joseph Georgirenes became a monk on Mount Athos and was consecrated as Archbishop of Samos in 1666. Five years later he left his diocese and travelled to Europe, visiting Rome, Paris, London and Oxford. Scholars such as Antoine Galland in Paris and Thomas Smith in Oxford invited this Greek Orthodox priest to take part in their theological discussions. Until now, Georgirenes has been best known for having established the first Greek Orthodox church in London in Soho, and for publishing a detailed account of the condition and practices of the Orthodox church living under Ottoman rule. This booklet - A Description of the Present State of Samos, Nicaria, Patmos and Mount Athos - was published in London in 1677 and is republished here for the first time in England. Caught up in the Popish Plot, Georgirenes left England in 1682 and it was not known what happened to him. For the first time, however, this biography reveals the extraordinary further adventures of this much-travelled priest.

The amazing life story of former triad gang member Kim Goh. I put the gun to my head, closed my eyes and I pulled the trigger.' For Kim Goh, caught up in a triangle of gang culture and drugs, this was just one of many life threatening situations. A successful businessman by the age of eighteen, Kim Goh's violent pursuits and ability to con people kept him from settling in countries for long. From Thailand to Minorca, New York to Switzerland, his life became more chaotic and restless as he indulged in gambling, drugs, alcohol and sex. Climbing his way up the career ladder of a UK triad, Kim soon found that his volatile nature and anger perpetuated caused his behaviour to spiral out of control with devastating consequences. A gripping tale of a man searching for meaning, and of a God whose intervention is both dramatic and life changing. -Publisher.

This book offers a study of the cosmogonic works by Fr. Angelo Zottoli S.J., a Jesuit missionary who has received relatively little attention by modern scholars, but who deserves a special recognition for his theological and philosophical ideas. More generally, the book aims to shed light on the importance of cosmogony in the cross-cultural and interdisciplinary environment of Xujiahui, the area in modern Shanghai where Zottoli flourished. It shows how through Zottoli's teaching and sermons he was able to reimagine his own cosmogonic ideas, his personality, and his relationship with local Chinese converts. Among Zottoli's most famous students was Ma Xiangbo ( 1840-1939) and Zottoli played a crucial role in Ma's intellectual formation. A wider familiarity with Zottoli's works is not only interesting in and of itself, but also paves the way to future studies on the complex and multifaceted relationship between European missionaries and Chinese students in Shanghai during the nineteenth century.

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Allow God to Heal Your Soul God is still in control in spite of the pains of the past. A-Nu-You is about letting go of the guilt, pain and unforgiveness of yourself and others. Finally you can be free from its bondage because God is still in control. He has a plan for your life. The pain is apart of the process. I lived a promiscuous life and had an abortion. It led to numerous complications and surgeries. Desperately needing God I surrendered and accepted Him as my Lord and Personal Savior. It is my desire that through my real life stories you are healed. It is my prayer that you would accept God as your Lord and Personal Savior. Forgiveness is what opens the door for God to come in. Philippians 1:6 "He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;"

In early 2016 I found myself laying in a hospital bed at the Royal Marsden in Fulham, diagnosed with terminal cancer, I decided to write about my faith in Christ; what it is and how it has been shaped and tested by a life that is lived out in the unpredictability of a world that can be so harsh and cruel. My starting point is to examine what sin is and what it does, paving the way for me to explain the necessity of salvation and what it does. I have made this my starting point because this is where faith begins. The fundamental message of the book is to acknowledge that, as a Christian, life can be filled with extreme pain, confusion and disillusionment and begs for meaningful answers to some very serious questions. The book takes an honest look at faith under the examination of someone who has experienced the safety of Christianity from childhood, yet along the way became one of the biggest sceptics of the Christianity that I saw around me. It was a scepticism that led me to the point of considering abandoning whatever faith I thought I had. This is a dilemma that I know a lot of Christians are tempted by and I hope that this book will give to them the encouragement, support and determination to press on. In this matter I attempt to examine what genuine faith is and what it is not, what it will do and what it will not do. I seek to highlight that the person with genuine faith must expect and be prepared for their faith to be tried and tested by God Himself and what His purpose in doing so is. The conclusion that the book as a whole alludes to, is that whilst there are times when faith does not seem to work, the faithfulness of what God has accomplished through Jesus Christ determines that faith always works.

James Rendel Harris (1852-1941) was one of the most prolific and influential New Testament scholars of his time. He opened new paths in textual criticism, brought to light hitherto lost early Christian writings and gathered major collections of Syriac manuscripts and Greek papyri. An introductory essay sketches Rendel Harris's life and works, while the rest of the book collects published essays and unpublished lectures and letters written by Rendel Harris over a span of 50 years, providing an essential picture of his scholarship. The papers include a lively and first-hand account of the controversies over the Hort-Westcott Greek New Testament; the suggestion of using mathematical devices for reconstructing New Testament autographs; the finding of the only known Diatessaronic reading in a Greek New Testament; the account of Rendel Harris's initial 'discovery' of testimonia collections and his two last daring essays on the topic; one of the first proposals of a wisdom hymn lying behind John's prologue; and, finally, an entertaining guide for the manuscript hunter. The personal correspondence at the end of the volume throws light on the driving forces of Rendel Harris's scholarship and on his own assessment of his work on the testimonia. The goal of his studies was to draw attention to new or little-explored topics and to provoke his colleagues to carry out fresh research on what they had overlooked. This collection aims at the same goal.

As a young African boy, Moroba, was called by God. He grew to adulthood, recognized the call from God on his life. Made several promises to serve God full time. Instead, he was content to work for the government of Kenya in the city of Kitale. But though Jefferson might have forgotten his promise, God did not.

"The Turning Point" tells the remarkable story of Bishop Dr. Jefferson Nyatuka, a simple man who became God's catalyst for change in Africa. After Jefferson finally accepted God's call, he went to Bible college and became an ordained pastor. But his challenges didn't stop there. He suddenly found himself homeless and had no way to provide for his family.

Yet God did not abandon him. Pastor Nyatuka kept the faith and waited for God's timing. Soon, he was able to build a church in Kayole, Calvary Covenant Centre. The church grew and Pastor Nyatuka witnessed several wonderful miracles. He traveled to the United States and preached in several churches, spreading the Gospel wherever he went. When he returned to Africa, he eventually became ordained as a bishop and continued to follow God, a calling he still follows to this day.

Uplifting and full of hope, "The Turning Point" shares the intimate life of one of God's most faithful followers.

Dr Jennifer Bute is in considerable demand as a speaker, and has been the subject of a number of features in the press and the electronic media. She is comfortable with being interviewed.